splay

• Ernie crouched beside it, squatting on his heels with his great hands dangling, splay-fingered, between his knees. —  Death of a Fool - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 19: 1956
• Then she flicked her wrist and let her fingers splay, sending an arc of seeds flying through the silver air. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 02 - February 1994
• I envy even the splay-footed marsh-rabbits, as our hunters call the little game animals that scamper so elusively over the matted reeds and floating leaves of the shallows. —  Legends II
• "A deck of fifty-two," the cat said as a splay of cards appeared. —  Piers Anthony - [Xanth 29] - Pet Peeve (2005)
• You wanna tell me about it The life seemed to drain out of Jim Beer and he fell to the ground in a splay-legged sit. —  The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove

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